Document Outline

• Introduction
  • Introducing GV STRATUS Playout
  • Getting Started
    • Getting Started as the designated system administrator
    • Getting Started as a transmission operator
  • Opening and logging into the GV STRATUS Playout web interface
  • Overview of the web interface
  • GV STRATUS Playout system requirements
• Configuring your account
  • Synchronizing time between GV STRATUS Playout and the SSP- 3801 cards
  • Configuring user groups
    • Creating a user group
    • Modifying the user group
  • Configuring user profiles
    • Adding new users
    • Modifying the user details
    • Deleting a user
  • Creating a new channel type
    • Changing the channel type settings
      • Configuring the basic settings for the channel type
      • Configuring the media locations for the channel type
      • Configuring the location credentials for the channel type
      • Configuring the media cache for the channel type
      • Configuring the channel defaults for the channel type
      • Configuring the live defaults for the channel type
      • Configuring the SCTE-104 settings for the channel type
      • Specifying the router sources
      • Configuring the GPIO triggers for the channel type
      • Configuring the locations for the external data source files for the channel type
  • Configuring channels
    • About channel hierarchies
    • Creating a new channel
    • Modifying channel details
    • Creating a channel hierarchy
  • Implementing high availability for channels (channel failover)
    • Setting up backup channels for failover
  • About off air behavior
  • Grouping channels into a view
    • Creating a new channel view
    • Deleting a view
  • Setting up devices in GV STRATUS Playout
    • Creating a device
    • Viewing and updating device details
    • Viewing the status of a device
  • Configuring the router for source events
  • Opening a device’s web interface
  • Configuring the system administration settings
    • Updating the News tab on the Home page
    • Configuring the Home page banner
    • Configuring the default date format
    • Configuring the default time zone offset for the channel types
    • Configuring the contact details for the designated system administrator
  • Configuring the default status for assets
• Registering and Managing Assets
  • Managing assets
    • Editing an asset
    • Viewing in which schedule the asset appears
    • Viewing the list of data sources contained in an Easytext template
    • Searching for assets
    • Deleting an asset
  • Registering media and importing schedules using the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway
    • Installing the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway
    • Configuring the watch folder
    • Performing media processing during media registration
    • Registering multiple media locations in the asset
    • Importing media files manually into the watch folder
    • Synchronizing the registered media files
    • Transforming XML files using GV STRATUS Playout Gateway
    • Resynchronizing the File Processor jobs
    • Removing a File Processor job
    • Importing files manually into the File Processor instance
    • Performing a failover to the backup (Standby) account
  • Exporting the As Run logs using the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway
  • Converting media using the File Processing Node application
    • Supported Formats
    • Installing the File Processing Node application
    • Setting up a job to convert a media file to compatible format
    • Performing a failover to the backup (Standby) deployment
  • Monitoring and managing media processing jobs
    • Setting job priority
    • Canceling a job and send it back to the processing queue
    • Deleting a job
  • Reviewing missing material
    • Printing the list of missing assets
  • About Evergreen Content
• Monitoring and Controlling the Broadcast
  • Monitoring channels using the Monitor Wall
  • Monitoring channels using the Channel Overview
    • Changing the scale of the timelines
    • Controlling the playout of events
  • Monitoring a channel using Channel Control
    • Viewing a channel in the Channel Control page
    • Appending a schedule to the playlist
    • Appending events from a schedule to the playlist
    • Emptying the channel
    • Editing the playlist on a specific channel
    • Showing and hiding secondary events
    • Viewing the history of the channel
      • Adding a comment to the As Run History grid
      • Viewing the details of an event in the As Run History grid
    • Controlling the playout of events
    • Breaking away to a live event
    • Using Join in Progress to compensate for a time delta
    • Viewing the count down to a specific event
    • Manually enabling or disabling secondary events in the playout
    • Resynchronizing a backup channel
    • Performing a manual failover to a backup channel
  • About Event Status and Colors
• Working with Schedules
  • Editing schedules
  • Adding a primary event to a schedule
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To choose the port for the live feed:
    • 1 In the schedule grid, click the Live event you created.
    • 2 In the Event Details pane, click the Details 1 tab.
    • 3 Under Physical input, select the SDI port for the live feed. Click:
    • 4 Click Update Event.
    • To choose the router source for the live feed:
    • 1 In the schedule grid, click the Source event you created.
    • 2 In the Event Details pane, click the Details 1 tab.
    • 3 Under Router Source, click the Src button to select the router source. Click the router source and click Select.
    • 4 Click Update Event.
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To add a comment:
    • 1 In the Enter Comment field in the Create Comment dialog box, type the comment that you want to add to the schedule.
    • 2 Click Create.
    • To create the placeholder:
    • 1 In the Enter Clip Name field in the Create Unknown Event dialog box, type the name of the media file that you want to add to the schedule.
    • 2 Click Create.
    • To choose the duration of the matte event:
    • 1 In the schedule grid, click the Black event you created.
    • 2 In the Event Details pane, click the Details 1 tab.
    • 3 Under Duration, type the duration for the matte event.
    • 4 Click Update Event.
    • Inserting a clip in the schedule
    • Editing Event Details for primary events
      • To replace the event:
      • 1 Click the ID button.
      • 2 Perform a search using one of the following:
      • 3 In the list of results, click the desired file.
      • 4 Click Select.
      • 5 Click one of the following as required:
      • To change the rating:
      • 1 Click Edit to open the Content Advisory selection dialog box.
      • 2 In the Rating system list, click the rating system you want to employ.
      • 3 In the Rating list, click the rating.
      • 4 Click Save Changes.
      • To choose the media file:
      • 1 Click the browse button.
      • 2 Perform a search using one of the following:
      • 3 In the list of results, click the desired file.
      • 4 Click Select.
    • About the behavior of automatic and fixed primary events
  • Adding secondary events to the schedule
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To choose the media file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • To choose the file:
    • 1 Perform a search using one of the following:
    • 2 In the list of results, click the desired file.
    • 3 Click Select.
    • Editing Event Details for secondary events
      • To configure for each of the two available logos:
      • 1 Select the number identifying if the selected logo is designated as using the hardware-based store Logo 1 or Logo 2.
      • 2 For the Key Level slider, drag the slider left or right to determine the percentage of opacity between Off (fully transparent) to 100 (fully opaque).
      • 3 For the Logo Priority slider, drag the slider left or right to determine the placement of the event in relation to other overlapping events. Lower numbers push the event further into the background. Higher numbers bring it more into the foreground.
      • To configure for the Easytext template:
      • 1 Select the number identifying if the selected Easytext template is designated as using the hardware-based store Easytext 1 or Easytext 2.
      • 2 For the Key Level slider, drag the slider left or right to determine the percentage of opacity between Off (fully transparent) to 100 (fully opaque).
      • 3 For the Logo Priority slider, drag the slider left or right to determine the placement of the event in relation to other overlapping events. Lower numbers push the event further into the background. Higher numbers bring it more into the foreground.
      • 4 When the Data Sources lozenge is green, the Easytext template contains User data sources that rely on values configured in the event or an external data source file. To configure the values, see step 6.
      • To configure the audio event:
      • 1 Select the player for the audio event.
      • 2 For the Background slider, drag the slider left or right to determine the level of the background audio (in decibels).
      • 3 For the Audio Gain slider, drag the slider left or right to determine the level of the foreground audio (in decibels).
      • 4 Under Outputs, click the channel pair to output.
      • To change the rating:
      • 1 Click Edit to open the Content Advisory selection dialog box.
      • 2 In the Rating system list, click the rating system you want to employ.
      • 3 In the Rating list, click the rating.
      • 4 Click Save Changes.
  • Working with Easytext events
    • Preparing an external data source file for an Easytext event
  • Showing or hiding the secondary events in the schedule grid
  • Resolving issues with the Global ID
  • Deleting an event
  • Dropping or un-dropping an event
  • Rearranging events in the schedule grid
  • Exporting the schedule
  • Creating a new schedule
  • Copying a schedule
  • Appending a schedule to a schedule
  • Appending the events from a schedule to another schedule
  • Displaying a different timezone in the schedule grid
  • Emptying a schedule
  • Deleting a schedule
• Administrating the Service
  • About the Home page
    • About the News tab
      • Configuring Your Audio and Email Notifications
      • Requesting a daily transmission report
    • Viewing the status and response time for the service
    • Viewing active alerts in the service
      • Canceling Alerts
    • Viewing the statistics for the service
    • Downloading the end user documentation
    • Reading about changes in the service
      • Printing the Release Notes
  • Downloading the latest SSP-3801 software updates
  • Viewing technical logs for the service (System Logs)
  • Viewing user operations (User Logs)
  • Viewing transmission error logs (TX Error Logs)
  • Exporting a log
  • Requesting a diagnostics report from a device registered to a card
  • Renewing a device’s security certificate
  • Testing response time for the web client, the service, and the SSP- 3801 cards
• Contact Us
  • Technical support